Maternal Health News

Exposure to phthalates may have contributed to 56,595 preterm births, resulting in an additional $3.84 billion in health care costs in the U.S. during 2018, according to study data.

Exposure to phthalates may have contributed to 56,595 preterm births, resulting in an additional $3.84 billion in health care costs in the U.S. during 2018, according to study data.

Among women with infertility who used clomiphene citrate and/or gonadotropins, 65.4% did not access IVF even though the technology was available without cost, according to results of a cohort study conducted in France.

Shorter interpregnancy intervals were strongly associated with an increase in uterine rupture in trials of labor after cesarean, according to a presenter at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Among women with obesity, 50 µg and 25 µg vaginal misoprostol were associated with similar time to delivery, but multiparous women had significantly reduced time to delivery with 50 µg, according to data presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Previously healthy women who underwent cesarean delivery had increased short-term risk for CVD complications after delivery, according to data presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Vegetarian diets during pregnancy were associated with reduced risks for atopic dermatitis among children, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Multiple risk markers during a first pregnancy were associated with an adverse pregnancy outcome for a second pregnancy, according to analysis results presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Preterm birth was not associated with the development of autism spectrum disorder in childhood, according to findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Hypoglycemia was not associated with later neurodevelopmental outcomes for children born late preterm, according to findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.